or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
15 used & new from £15.63
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations) (Paperback)

by Ivan Van Sertima (Editor)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
RRP: £25.50
Price: £17.84 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £7.66 (30%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Usually dispatched within 10 to 12 days.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

9 new from £15.63 6 used from £18.99

Frequently Bought Together

The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations) + They Came Before Columbus + The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?
Price For All Three: £34.69

Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Show details

  • This item: The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations) by Ivan Van Sertima

    Usually dispatched within 10 to 12 days.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • They Came Before Columbus by Van Sertima

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality? by Cheikh Anta Diop

    Usually dispatched within 4 to 7 weeks.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

They Came Before Columbus

They Came Before Columbus

by Van Sertima
3.9 out of 5 stars (15)  £7.08
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?

The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?

by Cheikh Anta Diop
4.8 out of 5 stars (6)  £9.77
The Story of the Moors in Spain

The Story of the Moors in Spain

by Stanley Lane-Poole
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £17.05
Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire (Forgotten Books)

Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire (Forgotten Books)

by Drusilla Dunjee Houston
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £6.56
Black Athena: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985 v.1: Afro-Asiatic Roots of Classical Civilization: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985 Vol 1

Black Athena: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985 v.1: Afro-Asiatic Roots of Classical Civilization: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece, 1785-1985 Vol 1

by Martin Bernal
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £9.07
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 474 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers (31 Mar 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1560005815
  • ISBN-13: 978-1560005810
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 269,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
black history
moors
african diaspora

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations)
70% buy the item featured on this page:
The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations) 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£17.84
The Story of the Moors in Spain
23% buy
The Story of the Moors in Spain 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£17.05
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?
4% buy
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality? 4.8 out of 5 stars (6)
£9.77
Moorish Spain
4% buy
Moorish Spain 4.2 out of 5 stars (5)
£9.74
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The golden age of the Moor, 12 Dec 2006
I enjoyed this fascinating book very much with its series of articles by different scholars, offering challenging , refreshing and controversial perspectives on the Moors, their histories, cultures, arts,their relationship with Africa and so on.

The Moors are a standard for black history and I was very aware of their history, as an adolescent, when many of my school friends /peers had no idea at all.
For a long while, I couldn't find anything substantial about Moorish history in libraries and a lot of what I found was scanty, or at times perjorative, reinforcing stereotyping: it was literally a needle in a hay stack; I searched in vain, until 12 years ago, when I came across the book in a tiny Birmingham bookshop, stacked away on a high shelf. I nearly fainted!

For those who expect the standard , sanitised version, be prepared for some new ways of perceiving them.

There are essays on race, Berbers, intellectual, scientific achievements/activity, Ziryab of Baghdad, Boabdil, the last Nasrid sultan of Granada, contexual North African culture and history, architecture, Moorish dynasties and states, philosophies, some sociology, pre-historic African history (rock art etc) , references to Roman conquest of North Africa, Tariq, the conqueror of Gibraltar( Jebel -Tariq) Moorish legacies on European literature and poetry and so on.

Many of the essays form dialogues with some of the other essays, in this book. Thus we get often some contracdictory views- with each writer justifying their stance with evidence. So they don't make it easy for you!

You have to ponder deeply on what you've read, given that there is so much about the Moors, that is lost in history, and imagination, and yes, a lot has been romanticised, via Washington Irving and others.

The book goes a fair way in un-demonsing and de-mystifying the Moors ( mostly Berbers, with Arabs in the population). Perhaps some articles do romanticise a little bit, but I was impressed by th research and detail and an incredible amount is learned. It can lead one to seek out more references and books (there is a bibliography at the back) to get a critical overview. Not a bad thing....

- This book fired my imagination and led me to do my own research and writing about the Moors and talk to people about Moorish history.

It led me to find " Leo the African " by the Lebanese-French author, Amin Maalouf, which is a historical novel based on the last days of Al-Andalous (Granada) - a novel I recommend very highly; and to
"Moorish Spain" by Richard Fletcher, a well- balanced and researched book , with some rather surprising and unexpected twists and turns and finally the excellent (in my opinion) "The Alhambra" by Robert Irwin.

Let's hope The Golden Age of the Moor inspires you and gives you plenty of food for thought, for further analysis, critical thought and further investigation.......
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject























i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.